The Bossier banner., 1887-05-19
ELEVATOR MEN.

ELEVATOR MEN.
| II occupation Tending to Silence
and Moroseness.
:. Ru.e OF . Needy Young Lawyer-A
a.rber Cures Himself OF the Habit
al Talking Too Much to Gus
TONERS.
| ssoniy natural for class Of men
king good many ups and downs to
mt morose. to feel sighted by the
surld and to give way to melancholy,
/ that is not the secret of the care
mn look that is to be found on the
Isuntenances ofmen who operate eleva-
Is III the big buildings down town,
Though every body knows they have
ups and downs enough.
Why is it they have sober visages,
aeh painful looks as neglected people
Eeari -gs-
Hhy. IL It their faces are always set.
Innoble, fixed in stony gaze, and that
itsir facial expression in general would
aesst item to be members in good
sanding Of some brotherhood of misery,
some secret order whose object was the
unhappiness of all those who belong to
II hcan't be that the law of compen-
slien doesn't apply in their cases just
swell as It does in the cases of men
engaged in otherpursuits. Your eleva-
ia man who hears the merry jingle of
ileskigh-bells in winter time can thank
BIZ stars he doesn't have to work out in
Iscok, snd in summer he's safe from
'uhtroke 50 long as he sticks to his
elevator. Ordinarily he isn't drenched
when il rains, and he doesn't get his
BET wet and run the risk of pneumonia,
Nth all the tieklish chances that follow
hat interesting malady. Neither is he
great danger of being bitten by a
aaadog on the streets, nor manned. or
srhaps killed by some runaway. He
saie nom great many dangers, but
hlook at him one wouldn't think SO.
Perhaps the secret of his detected,
'aeul look is contained in what a young
aiorney said the other day. This young
aa Offices near the skylight of a
I'sg tall building on LaSalle street,
ad' bethinking him of the scarcity Of
asaats and the need of a spring over
aal put highly original plan in ac-
.s 100 calculated to help him out of his
aenma' He went to the elevator
aaa gave him at various times cigars.
a@ and then a theater ticket, and
SIMILAR arts which most young at
%ne5s know how to employ, succeeded
sunmg the friendly regard of the
anal fellow. He wasn't required to
~macn y return. All the young at
%aey wanted was ifany stranger came
sne elevator with card and desired
,'seW wnatroom was Lawyer Browns
aAaser Smith $ Office, just to take the
~ y, whisk him up to the top floor,
4. y eng hlm to the young attorney.
N lalter had sufficient confidence in
!. ss'usy, oiace the intending litigant
xased' to feel pretty sure of max
am client before ending the inter-
I'D. - mat is how the young legal
n ssan sFuckup an acquaintance
i. ~ 0ne elevator man, and, since find
- y =, !. Y paid. he has gone out of his
4 & pecome acquainted with many
@ he says that as d class ele-
NJ aen are misjudged, unappre-
apls he says. will think of the
,s, ssof, speculate in their own minds
f lAe eonfounded thing is going
rss ~ up or drop into the basement,
IN ~ a:t aot while they are in it. They
I ~ ~ g the man they are going to
Il. - ail about the business thew
ss.ln. Y hand, but never waste a
A. as = On the elevator man. There is
- 3 'ae shoe pinehes. The elevator
Is4. : lea out Of all calculation. He
a. 0oked. No one speaks to him
H. g extract some information.
is. s = LETT severely alone, while
j ens. 'es nm keep,up a constant chat
!, asernlng the fine weather, what !
ii. y Is outside, till he fairly
Z ep1 the rope he's pulling into a
& pieces and rush out into
Ii &: ~ sunshine free. man. It's
IL. 1nung 1g OF a mans vanity that
In !. ~ almost as much of a ma
an.. we one that carries the pas-
ss,s a !. De feels they look upon him
= ne machine, and gradually
- ses IN manner to somethine
- a'cal sabserviency. Do you
In3.;.a as nss nothing to sayp Is il
M, e looks gium and has q
-. sspects The same hardship
~ y any other calling where
r.